And, in the end, I believe this was the deciding factor. The jury asked itself if it was reasonable for George Zimmerman to believe his life was in danger? The answer was absolutely, yes.
I have been thinking about this since this trial began and the facts (not media conjecture, but facts) started coming out. Trayvon Martin was the aggressor in this case, not Zimmerman. When I think about Martin punching Zimmerman in the nose, then knocking him down on the ground and sitting on top of him; it occurred to me that Zimmerman would probably have had a hard time breathing at that point. So, you are overweight, down on the ground, someone sitting on your chest and your nose has just been broken so that you are having a hard time breathing. You are being relentlessly pummeled. What do you think? Would you believe your life was in danger? I certainly would have.
Yes, accept at that point, he was not over weight. (not that it matters, Martin was bigger and a superior athlete, stronger and younger at the time.) This notion that he was “un armed” or “armed with Skittles” is just absurd. Many people have been killed or badly injured by assailants who were technically “un armed.”